I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the talent He has bestowed on all of us!
I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!

The Card Concept is a
bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a number of design
styles that you can choose from to create your card- Clean and Simple, Clean
and Graphic, Clean and Layered, Shabby Chic, Freestyle Collage, Classy and
Elegant and Mixed Media.

So I hope you have
time to gather your supplies together and come join in on the fun!!

To create this card:

Apply a layer of
Gesso® to a piece of Whisper White cardstock and allow to dry (I prefer to use
my Heat Tool to speed up the process).

On your craft mat, apply
Faber-Castell Gelatos®, apply water and add additional Gelatos® until the
desired color is achieved.

Use a damp paper
towel along with the Balzar Designs® Mini Punchenella Stencil to remove a bit of the Gelatos®.

Ink the background
stamp, Dictionary using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and randomly stamp across the panel,
distress the edges using the Distressing Tool and use a Sponge Dauber to apply
Calypso Coral Classic Ink.

Mount the panel to a
piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, distress the edges using the Distressing Tool
and adhere to the Basic Gray card base.

Stamp the flowers
from Flower Shop using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock, use
an AquaPainter™ with Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Ink to add color to the petals, with a Smoky Slate Stampin' Write marker to darken the flower centers and fussy-cut the images out.

Use the Big Shot™
with the retired Finial Press Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss
a piece of retired Baja Breeze cardstock (ink the interior of the folder with
Midnight Muse Classic Ink before inserting the paper).

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

It has been over twenty years since my mother went to be home
with the Lord and even though I miss her greatly, I know one day we will be re-united… as I created this
card, I thought of her- she loved flowers and all things feminine! :-)

Trim the panel, distress
the edges with the Distressing Tool and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ to
emboss a piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock with the Chevron Textured Impressions™
Embossing Folder, trim the panel, distress the edges using the Distressing Tool
and mount below the Dictionary panel.

Use a Sponge Dauber with
Sahara Sand Classic Ink to apply and further distress the edges and
embossing.

Add a strip of Basic Black
cardstock to cover the seam and mount the entire panel onto the Whisper White
card base.

Add ½ of a White Tea Lace
Paper Doily to the back of the focal image and adhere the focal image to the
card front.

Use the Bow Builder Punch
to create the Basic Black paper bow and add to the upper left hand corner.

Create the rolled roses from Daffodil Delight and Strawberry
Slush cardstock with the Big Shot™ and the My Favorite Things (MFT) Mini Rolled
Roses Die along with the leaves from Pear Pizzazz cardstock with the Bird
Builder Punch and adhere to the upper left hand corner of the focal image
panel.

Mount the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals®, add the retired
Daffodil Delight button to the center of the ribbon bow and add the Pearls to
finish off the card.

Use an AquaPainter™ with Melon Mambo, Hello Honey and Real Red
Classic Ink to color the petals, Wild Wasabi for the stems and add additional
contrast with the Stampin’ Write markers in the same colors along with Sahara
Sand for shadows.

Use the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge with Stāz-On® Jet
Black Ink and Melon Mambo Classic Ink to add the splatter to the background, trim
the panel and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim again and mount
onto the Melon Mambo card base.

Fussy-cut the flowers and adhere to the card front to finish off
the card.

Ink the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge with Melon
Mambo Classic Ink and repeatedly stamp onto the panel.

Trim the panel and mount onto the Melon Mambo card base.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Spellbinders Umbrella Trio die to
cut the umbrella from Whisper White cardstock.

Adhere the umbrella to the card panel and mount the umbrella
interior panels using Stampin’
Dimensionals®.

Create the rolled flowers using Pink Pirouette and Melon Mambo
cardstock using the 1 ¾” and 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punches (punch the scallop circle,
hand cut a wavy spiral from the outside of the scallop circle toward the
center, use the retired Crimper Tool to distress a bit, roll up from the
outside edge and adhere using Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive or a Hot Glue Gun).

Punch out the leaves from Wild
Wasabi cardstock using the Bird Builder Punch, adhere the leaves behind the
rolled flowers and add to the center of the umbrella die to finish off the card
(again, I used a Hot Glue Gun since I had it on my desk and ready to go).

Use the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things® (MFT) Royal
Mini Rose dies to cut out the roses from retired Baja Breeze cardstock, run
through the Crimper Tool to soften the paper, roll up and adhere with adhesive
(I used Hot Glue).

Add the rolled roses with the Early Espresso leaves to the
card front and mount the sentiment with a Stampin’ Dimensional® under the edge
that hangs off the focal image panel.

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